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[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cool, I'll still be using Tidal, as they pay their artists the most, I believe.

[–] Mora@pawb.social 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

According to https://www.soundguys.com/tidal-vs-qobuz-140740/ this is not the case.

Qobuz $0.022
Napster $0.02
Tidal $0.013
Apple Music $0.01
Deezer $0.0064
Spotify $0.003 - $0.005
Amazon Music $0.00402
SoundCloud $0.0025 - $0.004
Pandora $0.00133
YouTube Music $0.00069 - $0.0012
[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Same table aligned to cents for easier reading.

Qobuz 2.2¢
Napster 2.0¢
Tidal 1.3¢
Apple Music 1.0¢
Deezer 0.640¢
Spotify 0.300¢ - 0.500¢
Amazon Music 0.402¢
SoundCloud 0.250¢ - 0.400¢
Pandora 0.133¢
YouTube Music 0.069¢ - 0.120¢
[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 7 points 23 hours ago

Jesus H Christmas, that's depressing

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 9 points 1 day ago

Oof. Top three, but at the same time, half as much as the top paying site does.

[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Oh, damn. Thank you, my data was outdated then. I guess I'll have to move things to Qobuz, which was a pain last time I transferred a library.